Making a career in education appealing: private sector redundancies moving into teaching – how do we keep them there after the economy picks up? What models (apart from increased pay) will attract more graduates into jobs in education?
Teachers: do they need constant reevaluation? Do existing measurement systems (remuneration and bonus based in USA for example) lead to manipulation of the system?
How should we measure and motivate through remuneration without creating adverse results and manipulation of scoring? Continued training, defined career paths & measurement of teachers, union activity.
Speakers
Dr Janice Jackson, Lecturer on Education and Senior Associate for the Executive Education Leadership Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
I will focus on teacher support and accountability. What does it mean to make teachers' work meaningful for adult learners? Kari Pitkänen, Director of Administration, Finnish National Board of Education
Professor Gopinathan, Associate Dean, Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
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Making a career in education appealing: private sector redundancies moving into teaching – how do we keep them there after the economy picks up? What models (apart from increased pay) will attract more graduates into jobs in education?
Teachers: do they need constant reevaluation? Do existing measurement systems (remuneration and bonus based in USA for example) lead to manipulation of the system?
How should we measure and motivate through remuneration without creating adverse results and manipulation of scoring? Continued training, defined career paths & measurement of teachers, union activity.
Speakers
Dr Janice Jackson, Lecturer on Education and Senior Associate for the Executive Education Leadership Program, Harvard Graduate School of EducationI will focus on teacher support and accountability. What does it mean to make teachers' work meaningful for adult learners?
Kari Pitkänen, Director of Administration, Finnish National Board of Education
Stream contributors
Professor Johanna Buitentach, Professor in Industrial Psychology, University of NamibiaStream leader
Professor Gopinathan, Associate Dean, Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore